Portable fracture apparatus



(No Model.)

0. 8. PAGE. PORTABLE FRAUTURB APPARATUS;

No. 577.778. Patented Feb. 23, 1897.

IINTT D STATES PATENT UFFTCE.

CHARLES S. PAGE, OF D ORRANCETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PORTABLE FRACTU RE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,778, dated February 23, 1897.

"Application filed August 5, 1896.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. PACE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dorranceton, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fracture Extension Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of devices used in surgeryin which the fractured or dislocated limb is extended under a continual tension.

The invention consists of a portable stand, pulleys mounted upon the same, and a cord passing over said pulleys and provided at one end with a weight and at the other with a suitable stirrup for attachment to the injured limb.

It also consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinaftermore particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents an end elevation of the devices embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 represents a perspective View of said devices.

a in the drawings represents the base; 0 c, the vertical standard; d, the sliding block or bar; 6, the top; f, the stirrup, and m the weight. The base a is of any ordinary construction and is secured to the floor by thumbscrews passed through apertures a, formed therein, or in any other suitable manner. The standard 0 c is secured to the base, so as to have a firm foundation thereon, and is adapted to carry the pulley 7c and the pulley block or bar (1, both of which may be adjusted to suit any particular height of bed. The said block or bar 01 carries two pendent pulleysZ and h, over which a cord 9 passes, one end of the cord being provided with a weight 1% and the other with a stirrup f for attachment to the injured limb. The said cord 9 also passes over a pulley 70, so mounted as to be adjustable up and down upon the standard a c, the said pulley-block d and pulley k being firmly secured by thumb-screws or otherwise. This latter pulley is for increasing or decreasing the length of the cord, as may be required by change. of position of the patient be placed therein.

Serial No. 601.788. (No model.)

in the bed. The base, standard, and top may be constructed of wood or metal.

By this device a perfect adjustment can be secured, and at the same time a uniform and continuous tension can be had upon the injured limb. The device is also very simple and inexpensive and can readily be carried from place to place. The top 6 forms a convenient table or support upon which the injured limb may be placed to change its position and to rest the patient, or it may be found convenient to place medicine-bottles or bandages upon while dressing the limb. If so desired, the base may be made of suflicicnt weight to support the device in position without the use of screws. The weight attached to the operating-cord is preferably held in a bag, so that any desired amount can The top or table e will be found convenient to rest the limb upon when not supported in the stirrup.

My improved fracture extension stand is used as follows: The stand is placed at the foot of the bed. The weight m is applied to the injured member by means of the stirrup f and the cord 9, which passes over pulley's k and Z, and the limb may be thus kept in a straightposition under tension without any danger of contracting. V

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a portable fracture apparatus, the combination of a stand comprising a Vertical standard, a block or bar mounted upon the said standard, pulleys on said block, a pulley below the block, a cord passing over all of the pulleys and provided at one end withaweight and at the other with suitable means for securing it to an injured limb, substantially as described.

2. In a portable fracture apparatus, the combination of a stand comprising avertical standard, pulleys near the upper end of the standard, a pulley mounted on said standard beneath the upper pulleys, means for adj usting the pulleys toward or from each other, and a cord passing over all of said pulleys, and provided at one end with a weight and at the other with means for attachment to an injured limb, substantially as described.

CHARLES S. PACE.

Witnesses:

J. S. PETTEBONE, B. M. PAGE. 

